Rajasthan’s Kota has had quite a journey from being the coaching capital of India to becoming the student deaths factory in 2023 for its students. It is impossible to bring back the ones we’ve lost but it’s not out of Kota or parent’s reach to make mental health their priority.
in watch is that the defendant has a young daughter, and she was allowed to testify in a way in front of this jury. tell us a little bit about that, and what kind of factor that could be in whatever the sentence is. reporter: so many people look at this. look the prosecution is looking at this man and trying to convince jurors that he is a predator and a violent killer and he acted in a cruel and heinous matter and a depraved manner as he took the lives of jennifer-hawk pettite and her two daughters. the defense says he is damaged goods of mental health neglect. during the penalty phase the defense was allowed to play a 21-minute taped piece of testimony of the little girl. she was interest viewed boy a child welfare expert who interviewed her on tape, talking about her dad, mostly talking about what kind of games she liked, what kind of animals she liked, but did bring up her dad. a lot of legal experts are